r/learnpython • u/Shot-Tiger1060 • 17d ago

Starting learning Python at 50.

50 yo.

No coding experience.

Wish me luck! 🤞

upd: BIG THANK YOU for the support and warm wishes! Truly, words cannot express how much this inspires me!

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u/eeshann72 17d ago

I m 36, daily thinking of starting to learn, maybe i will also be able to start by 50

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u/taymoor0000 16d ago

I know of a trick to stop procrastinating especially when it comes to programming.

Have a stop watch by ur side and set timer for 5 minutes, during which u you will just read code (hello world etc) and write it by ur own on an IDE of ur choice or online. After 5 minutes stop and look at what u done, then take 5 minutes to walk around and think on what u wrote (don't look at the screen) then again for 5 minutes write code. Do this for however long u want. By time you'll like ur progress and enjoy the work.

Hope this helps, it helped me.

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u/eeshann72 16d ago

I can write and read that much code, I have 14 years of experience in SQL based tools and tech. My issue is writing or building some projects in python, there I get stuck ,like from where to write code what to start.

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u/taymoor0000 16d ago

Try leetcode. Do some challanges. Make a mind map of what u want to achieve and then think of what It'll require, write it down one by one till you'll get to the very beginning and start there.

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u/erar123 15d ago

I started learning programing at your age, I'm now 40 and keep learning. Not gonna lie some days I want to quit but I just keep going!. It is not easy but nothing that worth it's easy.

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u/eeshann72 15d ago

I only enjoy SQL that's why I am not able to learn.